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Honorary degree recipients
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| Name | Date | Degree |
| , Ronald DePauw | June 8, 2012 | Doctor of Science |
| Adams, Nancy Foster | May 9, 1958 | Doctor of Laws |
| Adaskin, Murray | September 28, 1984 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Agnew, George Harvey | May 14, 1955 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Ahenakew, Freda | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Amtmann, Bernard | May 24, 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
| Anderson, Boyd Maynard | May 17, 1979 | Doctor of Laws |
| Anderson, Jack Francis Caverly | June 17, 1949 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Anderson, John Ansel | May 13, 1964 | Doctor of Science |
| Andrews, H.C. | May 21, 1971 | |
| Archibald, Edgar Spinney | May 12, 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| Armes, Henry Percy | May 12, 1949 | Doctor of Laws |
| Arshad, Tan Sri, Datuk Wira Abdul Rahman | May 23, 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| Auld, Francis Hedley | May 8, 1936 | Doctor of Laws |
| Auld, Isabel George | October 27, 1979 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ayers, Albert George | May 22, 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| Baldes, Edward James | May 14, 1955 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Baldwin, Douglas | May 29, 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
| Baltzan, David Mortimer | May 12, 1969 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Baltzan, Marcel (Marc) | May 27, 2004 | Doctor of Science |
| Barbe Baker, Richard St. | November 6, 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Barber, Dr. H. Douglas | May 28, 2008 | Doctor of Science |
| Barber, Stanley Arthur | May 16, 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Bard, Fred G. | May 15, 1970 | |
| Barr, Murray Llewellyn | May 17, 1973 | Doctor of Laws |
| Baudoux, His Excellency, Archbishop Maurice | May 15, 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Bayda, Chief Justice Edward Dmytro | May 24, 1989 | Doctor of Laws |
| Begg, Robert William | May 14, 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Berger, Honorable Thomas R. | May 16, 1985 | Doctor of Laws |
| Blakeney, The Honorable Allan E. | May 23, 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| Blalock, Alfred | May 14, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Blood, Douglas Charles | October 24, 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Blum, Martha | October 28, 2006 | Doctor of Letters |
| Boggs, Jean Sutherland | June 2, 1979 (special) | Doctor of Literature |
| Booth, John Franklin | June 8, 1948 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Boyd, William | May 14, 1937 | Doctor of Laws |
| Bracken, The Honorable John | May 29, 1931 | Doctor of Laws |
| Brockelbank, John Hewgill | May 24, 1974 | |
| Brown, Arthur Richardson | May 11, 1956 | Doctor of Laws |
| Brown, George Malcolm | May 12, 1969 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Brown, Weldon Grant | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Bryce, Robert Broughton | November 7, 1970 | Doctor of Laws |
| Buckwold, Senator Sidney L. | May 20, 1982 | Doctor of Laws |
| Buller, Arthur Henry Reginald | May 4, 1928 | Doctor of Laws |
| Burns, Lieutenant General Eedson Louis Millard | November 23, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Butala, Sharon | October 23, 2004 | Doctor of Letters |
| Cairns, Alan C. | May 29, 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
| Caldwell, Jessie | September 28, 1984 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Caldwell, William Glen Elliot | May 25, 1999 | Doctor of Science |
| Cameron, Alastair Graham Walter | May 19, 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Cameron, Gordon Wallace (Scotty) | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Cameron, Margaret | May 25, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Capeling-Alakija, Sharon | May 19, 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
| Cardinal, Douglas | October 27, 2012 | Doctor of Letters |
| Carr, Father Henry | May 9, 1952 | Doctor of Laws |
| Carrothers, Alfred William Rooke | October 26, 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
| Casson, Alfred Joseph | May 13, 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Childers, Charles E. | October 22, 1994 | Doctor of Laws |
| Chown, Henry Bruce | May 11, 1970 | Doctor of Laws |
| Clarke, Bryan R. | October 22, 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| Claxton, The Honorable Brooke | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Clifton, A. Wayne | May 23, 1996 | Doctor of Science |
| Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas | May 11, 1962 | Doctor of Science |
| Coldwell, Major James William | May 12, 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Conacher, Desmond J. | October 25, 1997 | Doctor of Letters |
| Cook, William Harrison | June 8, 1948 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Coppinger, Ethel Margaret | May 9, 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| Corry, James Alexander | May 11, 1951 | Doctor of Laws |
| Courchene, Thomas J. | October 21, 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
| Craigie, John Hubert | June 8, 1948 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Creighton, Donald Grant | May 10, 1957 | Doctor of Laws |
| Crépeau, Prof. Paul-André | October 25, 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
| Crerar, General Henry Duncan Graham | February 12, 1946 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Cronkite, Frederick Clinton | November 4, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Crozier, Lorna | June 6, 2007 | Doctor of Letters |
| Culliton, The Honorable Mr. Justice Edward Milton | May 11, 1962 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Currie, Balfour Watson | May 16, 1975 | Doctor of Laws |
| Curtis, George Fredrick | May 14, 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Daes, Erica-Irene | June 27, 1996 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Dallaire, Romeo A. | June 4, 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dansereau, Pierre | May 8, 1959 | Doctor of Laws |
| Davies, Honorable William Gwunne | May 18, 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| Defries, Robert Davies | May 14, 1955 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Dickson, The Honorable Mr. Justice Robert George Brian | May 18, 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| Diefenbaker, The Right Honorable John George | May 9, 1958 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Dines, Lloyd Lyne | May 10, 1946 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dix, The Reverend David Strathy | May 10, 1946 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dolan, William J. | October 15, 1977 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Dornan, Samuel John | May 13, 1948 | Doctor of Laws |
| Douglas, The Honorable Thomas Clement | May 11, 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dowdeswell, Elizabeth V. | May 25, 1994 | Doctor of Laws |
| Downey, Richard Keith | May 24, 1994 | Doctor of Science |
| Doyle, William J. | October 31, 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dubé, Irene | June 5, 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dubé, Leslie David | June 5, 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dumont, Arthur | June 6, 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dunning, The Honorable Charles Avery | May 10, 1946 | Doctor of Laws |
| Dunton, Arnold Davidson | May 14, 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Eamer, Gilbert D. | November 1, 1969 | Doctor of Laws |
| Edel, Leon | October 23, 1983 | Doctor of Literature |
| Edwards, N. Murray | May 31, 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ehman, Richard L. | May 24, 2000 | Doctor of Science |
| Eisenhauer, Erie Eli | May 10, 1957 | Doctor of Laws |
| Elliott, Robert L. | May 22, 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ellis, Kathleen Wilhelmina | May 14, 1955 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Estey, James Wilfred | May 8, 1953 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Estey, The Honorable Willard Zebedee | September 28, 1984 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Fafard, Joe | June 5, 2012 | Doctor of Letters |
| Falconer, Sir Robert Alexander | May 8, 1936 | Doctor of Laws |
| Farquharson, Ray Fletcher | May 10, 1957 | Doctor of Laws |
| Farrell, Glen Michael | May 25, 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
| Fedoruk, Honorable Sylvia Olga | May 23, 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
| Feindel, William Howard | May 16, 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ferguson, Max | May 16, 1969 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ferguson, Robert George | May 10, 1946 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ferns, Herman Harvey | May 20, 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| Finley, Sir Moses I. | June 2, 1979 (special) | Doctor of Literature |
| Fisher, Caleb Henry | May 13, 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Flavel, Blaine Christopher | June 6, 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
| Forsey, Eugene | November 4, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Fotheringham, Allan | May 25, 2005 | Doctor of Letters |
| Fowler, Henry Llewellyn | November 5, 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Fraser, William Pollock | May 14, 1937 | Doctor of Laws |
| Frye, H. Northrop | May 14, 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| Galbraith, John Kenneth | May 20, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gallaway, Marguerite A. | October 21, 1989 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gardiner, The Right Honorable James Garfield | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Gathercole, Frederick James | May 26, 1988 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gaudry, Roger | May 15, 1970 | |
| Gelinas, Gratien | May 17, 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gertler, Menard | October 28, 2006 | Doctor of Science |
| Gibbings, Charles W. | May 21, 1971 | |
| Gillett, Margaret | October 22, 1988 | Doctor of Laws |
| Glen, Robert | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Goldenberg, Jacob Michael | October 30, 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| Goulden, Cyril Harold | May 14, 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Graham, William A.G. | October 23, 1999 | Doctor of Science |
| Gray, James Lorne | November 25, 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Griffith, Harold Randall | May 15, 1975 | Doctor of Laws |
| Griffiths, Ernest Wynne (Joe) | November 6, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gunning, Harry Emmet | May 17, 1984 | Doctor of Laws |
| Gustin, Lyell | May 12, 1969 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Hall, The Honorable Mr. Justice Emmett Matthew | May 12, 1964 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Hallam, The Right Reverend William Thompson | May 11, 1945 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hambro, The Honorable Carl | May 14, 1943 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Hanbidge, The Honourable Robert Leith | May 15, 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hantelman, Louis Henry | May 13, 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hardy, Evan Alan | May 10, 1957 | Doctor of Laws |
| Harrington, James Bishop | May 15, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hart, Elsie Mabel | May 17, 1973 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hart, George Arnold Reeve | May 11, 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Harvey, Ray Francis Ethelred | October 15, 1977 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Haultain, Sir Frederick William Gordon | May 29, 1931 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hay, Charles Cecil | May 20, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hay, Harry Stewart | May 14, 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Heimbecker, Raymond O. | May 26, 1999 | Doctor of Science |
| Henderson, James | May 11, 1951 | Doctor of Laws |
| Herzberg, Gerhard | May 8, 1953 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hewitt, Angela | October 23, 2010 | Doctor of Letters |
| Hicks, John Victor | October 24, 1987 | Doctor of Literature |
| Hill, Charles | June 17, 1949 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Hill, Forrest Frank | May 11, 1945 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hnatyshyn, Helen Constance | May 19, 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hnatyshyn, His Excellency, the Right Honourable Ramon John | May 23, 1990 | Doctor of Laws |
| Holmlund, Blaine Adrian | October 24, 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
| Horner, William Harold | September 28, 1984 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Houston, Colonel Robert Laird | May 17, 1979 | Doctor of Laws |
| Howe, Gordon "Gordie" | June 3, 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
| Howsam, Robert Basil | October 15, 1977 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Hughes, The Honorable Edward (Ted) | June 2, 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hughes, Helen | June 2, 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hutcheon, Neil Barron | May 15, 1975 | Doctor of Laws |
| Hyland, Frances Jean | May 29, 1972 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ignatieff, George | May 18, 1973 | Doctor of Laws |
| Jackett, Wilbur Roy | May 9, 1958 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Jackson, Alexander Young | November 17, 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Jacoby, Neil Herman | May 12, 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| James, Frank Cyril | May 9, 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| Jamieson, Harold Williams | May 11, 1951 | Doctor of Laws |
| Janzen, Henry | October 25, 1969 | Doctor of Laws |
| Jenness, Diamond | November 6, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Johns, Harold Elford | May 8, 1959 | Doctor of Laws |
| Johns, Walter Hugh | May 17, 1968 | |
| Johnson, Albert Wesley | October 28, 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| Johnson, Thorvaldur | May 24, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Katz, Leon | May 23, 1990 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kerr, William Leslie | May 20, 1982 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kilpatrick, Robert Allen | October 28, 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kim, Joo Ho | May 20, 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kirk, Lawrence Eldred | May 12, 1949 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kirkpatrick, J. Balfour | May 23, 1990 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kirkpatrick, William Stafford | May 17, 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kisby, Russell | May 22, 1996 | Doctor of Laws |
| Knowles, Robert Patrick | May 20, 1987 | Doctor of Laws |
| Konihowski, Diane Jones | May 29, 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
| Kostyshyn, Stepan S. | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Kupsch, Walter Oscar | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Labelle, Hughette | May 17, 1984 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lamb, William Kaye | May 11, 1956 | Doctor of Laws |
| Larkin, Peter Anthony | May 25, 1989 | Doctor of Laws |
| Laurence, George Craig | November 17, 1964 (special) | Doctor of Science |
| Lax, Thomas | May 9, 1952 | Doctor of Laws |
| Laycock, Samuel Ralph | May 13, 1960 | Doctor of Laws |
| Le May Doan, Catriona | October 25, 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
| Learned, William Setchel | May 8, 1936 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lebel, Maurice | May 25, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Leddy, John Francis | May 19, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lederman, William Ralph | May 24, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Legare, Very Reverend Henri | May 14, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lemieux, Raymond Urgel | May 27, 1993 | Doctor of Science |
| Leslie, Everett Clayton | May 8, 1959 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Levesque, Very Reverend Georges-Henri | May 11, 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lewis, Stephen Henry | October 25, 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lewis, Wilfrid Bennet | May 12, 1964 | Doctor of Science |
| Lindner, Ernest | May 30, 1972 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lindsay, Walker Stewart | May 14, 1955 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Ling, George Herbert | May 12, 1939 | Doctor of Laws |
| Listwin, Donald J. | May 30, 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lloyd, The Right Reverend George Exton | May 3, 1929 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Lloyd, Lewis Leroy | May 16, 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Love, Robert Merton | May 16, 1985 | Doctor of Laws |
| Lynch, Kevin G. | May 28, 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacDonald, Hector Y. | May 12, 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacEwan, John Walter Grant | May 16, 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacFarlane, Joseph Arthur | June 17, 1949 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| MacGibbon, Duncan Alexander | May 11, 1956 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mackay, Angus | May 5, 1922 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacKay, James Roy | May 13, 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mackenzie, Arthur Stanley | May 8, 1936 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mackenzie, Chalmers Jack | May 11, 1945 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacKenzie, Norman Archibald MacRae | May 13, 1960 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Mackintosh, William Archibald | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Maclean, The Honorable Donald | May 9, 1947 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Maclean, James Alexander | May 11, 1934 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacLennan, Hugh | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| MacLeod, John Wendell | November 5, 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacNeill, James Walter | May 9, 1941 | Doctor of Laws |
| MacPherson, Murdoch Alexander | May 11, 1961 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Magner, William | June 17, 1949 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Manning, Rodger James | May 11, 1970 | Doctor of Laws |
| Marion, Leo | November 2, 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| Marshall, Lois | May 14, 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Martin, The Honorable William Melville | May 13, 1949 | Doctor of Laws |
| Massey, His Excellency, The Right Honorable Vincent | May 13, 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Matejcek, Zdenek | October 26, 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| Matheson, The Most Reverend Samuel Pritchard | May 3, 1929 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Mathieu, The Most Reverend O.E. | May 4, 1928 | Doctor of Laws |
| McColl, Duncan | May 4, 1928 | Doctor of Laws |
| McConica, Father James Kelsey | May 16, 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| McEwen, Air Vice-Marshal Clifford Mackay | May 13, 1948 | Doctor of Laws |
| McFaull, Jack Young | October 24, 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| McIntosh, William Gordon | October 28, 1972 | Doctor of Laws |
| McKercher, Peggy | May 29, 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
| McLeod, Thomas | May 20, 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| McNamara, William Craig | November 2, 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| McNaughton, Lt. General Andrew George Latta | May 12, 1944 | Doctor of Laws |
| McNaughton, Violet | May 11, 1951 | Doctor of Laws |
| McNeil, James William | May 25, 1988 | Doctor of Laws |
| McPhedran, Jack Alexander | May 26, 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mendel, Frederick S. | May 20, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Menzies, Susanna June | May 19, 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| Michel, Bernard M. | May 28, 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mike, Ernest | May 25, 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| Milavsky, Harold P. | May 24, 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| Milner, Max | May 18, 1979 | Doctor of Laws |
| Minifie, James MacDonald | May 13, 1949 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mitchell, Charles Stuart | May 19, 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mitchell, W. O. | May 26, 1972 | |
| Molloy, W. Thomas | May 26, 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
| Moore, The Reverend Arthur Bruce Barbour | May 9, 1952 | Doctor of Laws |
| Morice, The Reverend Adrian Gabriel | May 12, 1933 | Doctor of Laws |
| Moriyama, Raymond | May 20, 1987 | Doctor of Laws |
| Morris, George Henry | May 15, 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Morton, Arthur Silver | May 9, 1941 | Doctor of Laws |
| Morton, Desmond | October 22, 2011 | Doctor of Letters |
| Morton, Vivian Williams | May 11, 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Moses, Ambassador Ted | June 27, 1996 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Moss, Harold Charles | May 12, 1970 | Doctor of Laws |
| Motherwell, The Honorable William Richard | May 4, 1928 | Doctor of Laws |
| Mott, Frederick Dodge | May 14, 1955 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Moxon, Arthur | May 8, 1953 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Murray, Christina Cameron | May 13, 1938 | Doctor of Laws |
| Murray, The Most Reverend Gerald Casey | May 12, 1944 | Doctor of Laws |
| Murray, Walter Charles | May 13, 1938 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Musqua, Daniel | May 25, 1995 | Doctor of Laws |
| Myo, Jimmy | May 23, 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
| Neatby, Hilda | October 23, 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Neatby, Kenneth William | June 8, 1948 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Neatby, Leslie Hamilton | May 17, 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
| Newall, James Edward (Ted) | May 23, 1991 | Doctor of Laws |
| Newman, Marketa | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Newton, Margaret | May 13, 1969 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Newton, Robert | June 8, 1948 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Nielsen, Niels Ole | October 26, 1996 | Doctor of Laws |
| Nordh, Hugo Lennart | May 28, 2009 | Doctor of Science |
| O'Neill, Most Reverend Michael Cornelius | May 24, 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
| Oliver, The Reverend Principal Edmund Henry | May 29, 1931 | Doctor of Laws |
| Olson, David Richard | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Ouellet, Fernand | May 26, 1994 | Doctor of Letters |
| Ouimet, J. Alphonse | May 11, 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann | November 17, 1964 (special) | Doctor of Science |
| Papineau-Couture, Jean | May 24, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Patterson, The Honorable William John | May 13, 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Paulin, Tom | October 24, 1987 | Doctor of Literature |
| Pearson, The Right Honorable Lester Bowles | May 17, 1965 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Penfield, Wilder | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Person, Clayton O. | May 17, 1984 | Doctor of Science |
| Peterson, Eric | May 21, 1996 | Doctor of Letters |
| Pinder, Herbert Charles | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Piper, Martha | October 22, 2005 | Doctor of Laws |
| Podiluk, Walter | May 20, 1987 | Doctor of Laws |
| Porter, Albert John | May 19, 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| Power, The Honorable Charles Gavan | May 18, 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Quance, Francis Melville | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Ramsay, William | November 25, 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Rausch, Robert L. | October 26, 1985 | Doctor of Laws |
| Reed, Guilford Bevil | May 8, 1953 | Doctor of Laws |
| Rhoads, Cornelius Packard | May 9, 1958 | Doctor of Laws |
| Riddell, William Andrew (Bill) | October 20, 1973 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ritchie, John Boyle | May 14, 1955 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Robertson, George Wilson | May 14, 1954 | Doctor of Laws |
| Robertson, Robert Gordon | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Romanow, Roy | October 27, 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ross, Brigadier General His Honor Alexander | May 13, 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Rowley, Graham Westbrook | October 25, 1975 | Doctor of Laws |
| Rowsell, Harry Cecil | October 25, 1980 | Doctor of Laws |
| Roy, John Francis | May 26, 2005 | Doctor of Science |
| Runciman, Alexander McInnes | October 22, 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sainte-Marie, Buffy | May 28, 2003 | Doctor of Letters |
| Salemka, Irene | October 21, 1972 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sallows, Ariel Franklin | May 20, 1982 | Doctor of Laws |
| Saunderson, Hugh Hamilton | May 19, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Schneider, Rex Harold | May 17, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Schneider, William George | May 13, 1969 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Scott, Francis Reginald | November 6, 1965 | Doctor of Laws |
| Scott, The Honorable Walter | May 1, 1925 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sealey, Donald B. | May 16, 1985 | Doctor of Laws |
| Seaman, Byron J. | October 24, 1992 | Doctor of Science |
| Seaman, Daryl Kenneth | October 23, 1983 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sellar, Robert Watson | May 12, 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Semenoff, Nik | May 23, 2006 | Doctor of Letters |
| Sen, Amartya Kumar | June 2, 1979 (special) | Doctor of Literature |
| Shaw, Dr. Michael | May 27, 2008 | Doctor of Science |
| Shebeski, Leonard Hylary | May 20, 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| Shepherd, George | May 16, 1974 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sheppard, Justice Fred A. | November 4, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Shurniak, William (Bill) G. | May 20, 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
| Sifton, Joseph Wright | May 20, 1932 | Doctor of Laws |
| Simpson, Edith Child Rowles | October 23, 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
| Simpson, George Wilfred | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Skopik, Dennis | June 2, 2010 | Doctor of Science |
| Smith, Elvie Laurence | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Science |
| Solandt, Omond McKillop | May 14, 1968 | Doctor of Laws |
| South, Gordon | May 14, 1981 | Doctor of Laws |
| Spence, Reverend Ahab | May 13, 1964 | Doctor of Laws |
| Spence, George | May 14, 1948 | Doctor of Laws |
| Spinks, John William Tranter | October 27, 1990 | Doctor of Laws |
| Spry, Graham | October 26, 1968 | |
| St. Laurent, The Right Honorable Louis Stephen | May 14, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Stamp, Edward | October 27, 1984 | Doctor of Laws |
| Steacie, Edgar William Richard | May 11, 1962 | Doctor of Science |
| Steer, Jean Gesner | May 20, 1982 | Doctor of Laws |
| Stegner, Wallace E. | May 25, 1973 | |
| Stiller, Calvin R. | June 5, 2007 | Doctor of Science |
| Stoik, John Lentis | September 28, 1984 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Swirles (Lady Jeffreys), Bertha | October 28, 1995 | Doctor of Science |
| Symons, R. D. | October 24, 1970 | Doctor of Laws |
| Taggart, James Gordon | May 11, 1956 | Doctor of Laws |
| Tait, J. Wilfrid | May 25, 1973 | |
| Taube, Henry | October 27, 1973 | Doctor of Laws |
| Taylor, Sir Hugh Stott | November 23, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Taylor, Kenneth Wiffin | September 29, 1959 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Thiessen, Gordon G. | May 21, 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thiesson, Stuart A. | May 24, 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thode, Henry George | May 9, 1958 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thomas, Lewis H. | May 26, 1972 | |
| Thompson, Margaret W. | May 31, 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thompson, Walter Palmer | May 12, 1960 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Thomson, David Landsborough | November 25, 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thomson, Euphemia Jane | May 20, 1976 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thomson, James Sutherland | May 11, 1951 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thornton, Louis Augustus | May 19, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thorton, Louis Agustus | May 19, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Thorvaldson, Thorbergur | May 12, 1950 | Doctor of Laws |
| Till, Dr. James (Jim) Edgar | May 29, 2008 | Doctor of Science |
| Timlin, Mabel Frances | May 12, 1969 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Tory, Henry Marshall | May 4, 1928 | Doctor of Laws |
| Trueman, Albert William | May 14, 1966 | Doctor of Laws |
| Tubby, Allan | May 29, 1972 | Doctor of Laws |
| Tufts, William Burton | May 18, 1978 | Doctor of Laws |
| Tum, Ribogerta Menchu | June 27, 1996 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Turgeon, The Honorable William Ferdinand Alphonse | May 10, 1940 | Doctor of Laws |
| Turnbull, Lily Mary | May 25, 1988 | Doctor of Laws |
| Turner, Edward Kerr | May 25, 1989 | Doctor of Laws |
| Underhill, Frank Hawkins | November 17, 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Urey, Harold Clayton | May 12, 1960 | Doctor of Science |
| Urwin, George | November 17, 1962 | Doctor of Laws |
| Vanderhaeghe, Guy Clarence | April 3, 1997 (special) | Doctor of Letters |
| Vickers, Jon | November 23, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Vladimirskii, Vasilii Vasilevich | November 17, 1964 (special) | Doctor of Science |
| Vranic, Mladen | June 2, 2011 | Doctor of Science |
| Wallace, Robert Charles | May 8, 1936 | Doctor of Laws |
| Ward, Norman | May 23, 1990 | Doctor of Laws |
| Warren, William John Finley | May 9, 1952 | Doctor of Laws |
| Weiers, Margaret (Kesserling) | June 1, 2010 | Doctor of Letters |
| Wells, Kenneth Frank | May 13, 1971 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wesson, John Henry | May 12, 1961 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wetmore, The Honorable Edward Ludlow | May 1, 1919 | Doctor of Civil Law |
| Whalley, Arthur George Cuthbert | June 2, 1979 (special) | Doctor of Literature |
| Wherrett, George Jasper | November 1, 1969 | Doctor of Laws |
| Whiting, Clifford Henry | May 15, 1963 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wigmore, Barrie | October 26, 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wilkinson, Denys Haigh | November 17, 1964 (special) | Doctor of Science |
| Williams, Dafydd (Dave) Rhys | May 26, 2004 | Doctor of Laws |
| Willoughby, Charles Morely | May 16, 1969 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wilson, The Honourable Bertha | May 21, 1992 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wilson, Ian E. | June 1, 2010 | Doctor of Letters |
| Wilson, Richard Albert | May 9, 1947 | Doctor of Laws |
| Woolf, Henry | May 30, 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
| Worobetz, The Honorable Stephen | September 28, 1984 (special) | Doctor of Laws |
| Wouters, Wayne | June 5, 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wright, Clifford Emerson | May 26, 1988 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wu, Yu San | May 16, 1986 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wyatt, Harold (Hal) | June 6, 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
| Wynn, Samuel Nathan | May 13, 1955 | Doctor of Laws |
| Yamasaki, Minoru | October 14, 1967 | Doctor of Laws |
| Yuzyk, Senator Paul | May 19, 1977 | Doctor of Laws |
| Zadeh, Lotfi A. | May 23, 2006 | Doctor of Science |
| Zillinsky, Francis J. | May 28, 1993 | Doctor of Laws |
Coverage: May 1, 1919 to October 27, 2012; 429 names